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+##############################################################################
+# Copyright (c) 2013-2016, Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC.
+# Produced at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
+#
+# This file is part of Spack.
+# Created by Todd Gamblin, tgamblin@llnl.gov, All rights reserved.
+# LLNL-CODE-647188
+#
+# For details, see https://github.com/llnl/spack
+# Please also see the LICENSE file for our notice and the LGPL.
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License (as
+# published by the Free Software Foundation) version 2.1, February 1999.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the IMPLIED WARRANTY OF
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the terms and
+# conditions of the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+# License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
+##############################################################################
+from spack import *
+
+
+class PyJoblib(PythonPackage):
+    """Python function as pipeline jobs"""
+
+    homepage = "http://packages.python.org/joblib/"
+    url      = "https://pypi.io/packages/source/j/joblib/joblib-0.10.3.tar.gz"
+
+    version('0.10.3', '455401ccfaf399538d8e5333086df2d3')
+    version('0.10.2', 'ebb42af4342c2445b175f86bd478d869')
+    version('0.10.0', '61e40322c4fed5c22905f67d7d1aa557')
+
+    depends_on('py-setuptools', type='build')
+    # for testing
+    # depends_on('py-nose', type=('build', 'run'))